Closing the "Bergson Gap": New Data on a Problem in Soviet Statistics

Closing the "Bergson Gap": New Data on a Problem in Soviet Statistics

Over fifty years ago, Abram Bergson, Janet Chapman, and others sought to assess the large gap in Soviet statistics between the published wage bill and the full wage bill; and Frank Lorimer drew attention to the related gap between the employment data in the 1939 population census and in the annual e...

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Published in:The review of economics and statistics Vol. 86; no. 1; pp. 429 - 432
Main Author: Davies, R. W.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 238 Main St., Suite 500, Cambridge, MA 02142-1046, USA MIT Press 01-02-2004
MIT Press Journals, The
Subjects:
Censuses
Collective farms
Communist parties
Economic theory
Economic value
Employment
Employment statistics
Military personnel
Prisoners
Statistical analysis
Studies
Wages
White collar workers
Russia
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Summary:Over fifty years ago, Abram Bergson, Janet Chapman, and others sought to assess the large gap in Soviet statistics between the published wage bill and the full wage bill; and Frank Lorimer drew attention to the related gap between the employment data in the 1939 population census and in the annual employment returns. Soviet archives which have recently been declassified reveal the considerable extent to which the findings of the Western authors were accurate.
Bibliography:February, 2004
ISSN:0034-6535
1530-9142
DOI:10.1162/003465304774201851